energy

A recent poll shows that more than two thirds of Americans do not approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling gasoline prices.

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A good many people don't think the new high tech "smart" electricity meters are as smart as their electric utility company says they are.  Some people want nothing to do with them, and are fighting efforts to replace the old meters with the new ones.

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Disapproval of President Obama’s handling of the economy is heading higher — alongside gasoline prices — as a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly” negative reviews on the 2012 presidential campaign’s most important issue, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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A Lamar County farm family has stopped the Keystone XL Pipeline project dead in its tracks. The farmer has been granted a temporary restraining order that will stop the pipeline at her farm's property line while lawyers on both sides argue the issues the family has raised

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Nearly a hundred people in Panola County have filed suit against Conoco-Phillips, saying the company's drilling practices have contaminated their ground water.

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Texas lawmakers are denouncing President Barack Obama's decision to reject the proposed Canada-to-Texas pipeline, while environmental groups praised the move as a step toward creating clean energy jobs and decreasing U.S. dependence on oil.

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The energy industry, historically, has the most jobs, the lowest unemployment rate, the highest salaries and biggest pay increases.  That's why young people looking for a college major with the best job opportunities would do well to get a degree in one of the many energy related fields.

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People planning to be on the road for Thanksgiving will find themselves giving thanks for slightly cheaper gasoline prices, even though the prices are still higher than they were at this time last year.

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